Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004
Research
Genomic Changes of Chagas Disease Vector, South America
Table 3
Haploid DNA contents (C-value) expressed in pg (mean and standard deviation), measured by flow cytometry, in 42 T. infestans specimens from different populationsa
Origin | Population analyzedb | N | Haploid DNA content mean and SD (pg)c |
---|---|---|---|
Bolivia (Andean) |
Jamach’Uma. D. [3] |
4 |
1. 842 + 0.201 |
Bolivia (Andean) |
Jamach’Uma. S. [3] |
4 |
1. 835 + 0.140 |
Bolivia (Andean) |
Río Abajo. D. [2] |
4 |
1.799 + 0.140 |
Paraguay (non-Andean) |
Chaco. D. [12] |
4 |
1.494 + 0.170 |
Brazil (non-Andean) |
Caracol and Paratinga. D. [9,10] |
3 |
1.420 + 0.041 |
Uruguay (non-Andean) |
Northern populations. P. D. [16] |
13 |
1.414 + 0.106 |
Argentine (non-Andean) |
Cruz del Eje and Moreno. P. D. [13,14] |
6 |
1.352 + 0.094 |
Bolivia (non-Andean) | Santa Cruz. S. Dark morphs [11] | 4 | 1.320 + 0.046 |
an, number of specimens analyzed; P, peridomiciliary; D, domiciliary; S, sylvatic.
bNumbers in brackets refer to the location of the populations in Figure 1.
cSignificant differences (p < 0.001) were detected in C-values between Andean (1.825 + 0.149) and non-Andean (1.401 + 0.111) grouped samples.